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The speaker says the idea of dismissing the body dates back more than 2,000 years and appears in some form in Plato.
Adam Becker · Every Exponential Ends — Silicon Valley Forgot — Adam Becker · 20 Aug 2026
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“And for, you know, this sort of dismissal of the body.”
“I mean, this is an idea that goes back over 2000 years,”
“You see shades of this in Plato and stuff like that.”Play from 17:56Report a misattribution
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